• [Misspelled as aculeate by Bharti et al., 2016: 30.]
• Emery, 1887a: 235 (q.); Forel, 1893e: 28 (m.)
• Combination in Hemioptica: Bingham, 1903: 382; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 255.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Hemioptica): Wheeler, 1919f: 126.
• Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Emery, 1925d: 205; Dorow & Kohout, 1995: 94.
• Status as species: Emery, 1887a: 235; Forel, 1893e: 28; Dalla Torre, 1893: 258; Emery, 1895m: 481; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Emery, 1901i: 568; Bingham, 1903: 382; Forel, 1911f: 391; Wheeler, 1919f: 126; Emery, 1925d: 205; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 255; Bolton, 1995b: 342; Dorow, 1995: 31; Tiwari, 1999: 80; Karmaly, 2004: 545 (in key); Kohout, 2013f: 145; Bharti et al., 2016: 30; Dias et al., 2020: 48.

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